Exploring East Africa

marzo - aprile 2024

exploring east Africa and Madagascar: Wildlife and Wonders. Lindblad expeditions from Capetown to Tanzania - Spring 2024 Leggi altro

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- 28 mar 2024, 10:19
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitudine: Livello del mare
- Sud Africa Province of the Western Cape Mossel Bay Munro’s Bay -34.172221, 22.144434°10’20” S 22°8’40” E
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Giorno 7
Mossel Bay, South Africa
28 marzo, Sud Africa ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
After a pretty unsteady night, we arrived Mossel Bay in good order and without wake-up announcements! Toured Pinnacle Point area w a nice single track walk along a cliff. We climbed down 179 steps to access one if the 15 caves. Impressive archeology work on going. Beautiful scenery, birds, one critter and a huge "Jiminy Cricket" yes, we climbed bk up the 179 steps and walked the path bk to the bus.

I returned to the ship with others, and some are wandering the main street. We set off again about 430 this aft to head to Port Elizabeth. Tomorrow will be an early start w a loooonnngg drive to our first possibility to see game.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Did they cyclone that hit Madagascar impact your trip?
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What is this? [Jp]
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Google image search thinks it’s a rock hyrax [Marnie]
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Viaggiatore Exploring East Africa
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- 29 mar 2024, 11:59
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Altitudine: 385 m
- Sud Africa Eastern Cape Makana -33.375987, 26.41014233°22’34” S 26°24’37” E
Giorno 8
Pumba game park
29 marzo, Sud Africa ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Arrival in Port Elizabeth this morning about 0900. We headed out to a private game park to have our first game drive. Wow doesn't even cover it. At one point, the beauty of these animals living so well in this region was just overwhelming. After leaving the cosmopolitan Capetown and arriving in Port Elizabeth, our way of seeing and being was transformed. Pumba is 7000 hectares. ( approximately 17,300 acres)

We saw the following animals in no particular order.
African elephant; African buffalo; white rhinoceros; wildebeest; Blesbuch; kudu; Nyala; Impala; Giraffe; white lions; Cape Grysbuck; plains zebra; hippopotamus; warthogs; black-baked jackal.

So we saw 4/5 of the big five... and as our guide said. You did not see him but he saw you.....
Tomorrow is a welcome day at sea. Headed north along the coast for more adventures. If u have my original schedule, it has changed for security, logistical, and health reasons. Stay tuned.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Wow!!!
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Viaggiatore Exploring East Africa
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- 30 mar 2024, 20:50
- 🌬 24 °C
- Altitudine: Livello del mare
- Indian Ocean -31.845353, 29.72836531°50’43” S 29°43’42” E
Giorno 9
Sea day enroute to Richards Bay
30 marzo, Indian Ocean ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
We set off yesterday from Port Elizabeth after a busy day of game drives pre - and post lunch.

We will dock tomorrow a.m. and go by bus to Hluluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve. We will have a full day of game driving, followed by lodging in the local area. Monday morning, we leave the lodge and go to the St. Lucia lagoon boat ride. Crocodiles, hippos, and big birds. We also will have a short game tour thru a wetland reserve.

Simple Sea Day w lots of wave action today. Won't mind two days on firm ground.

Off to our evening brief and happies before our supper.

Pictures of the sea seemed appropriate. Scary windy on the bow, so only a few shots.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Windy indeed!
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Viaggiatore Exploring East Africa
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- 31 mar 2024, 12:33
- 🌬 24 °C
- Altitudine: Livello del mare
- Indian Ocean -29.308306, 31.88772629°18’30” S 31°53’16” E
Giorno 10
Arrival to Richards Bay
31 marzo, Indian Ocean ⋅ 🌬 24 °C
We will arrive hopefully by noon and then head to our varied tour locations. I am currently watching a presentation given in the lounge on Adaptation by Alize Careere, (sp?) a natgeo researcher. You can find her presentations on PBS by the same title. Four short films in the series.

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- 31 mar 2024, 15:06
- ⛅ 27 °C
- Altitudine: 108 m
- Sud Africa Province of KwaZulu-Natal Hlabisa KwaNompondo Qumela Hill -28.07292, 32.13818228°4’23” S 32°8’17” E
Giorno 10
Sea day (s)
31 marzo, Sud Africa ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
We just had two days on land to explore some game parks and a flat boat tour on Lake St. Lucia. The game drives were lovely and being in a natural habitat a.k.a. outdoors is awesome. Lake St. Lucia is the home to 1000 hippos and 1200 Nile crocodiles......

Back on board yesterday w hopes of a short overnight sail to a small Island in Mozambique for a quick visit to an outer island as the mainland was previously cancelled due to a cholera outbreak.

With currents, storms and navigational challenges, we are now two and a half days at sea starting last eve, trying to get to Sothern Madagascar on time to meet immigration schedule. Lots of waves, though the ropes to supplement the rails everywhere, are not yet in place. Very rolly and bumpy.

I have managed to develop a very barky cough, so I look forward to the rest available on sea days. I miss my own bed and snoring goldens.

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Viaggiatore Amazing photos. Loving the zebras backsides!
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- 1 apr 2024, 07:57
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitudine: 11 m
- Sud Africa Province of KwaZulu-Natal Mtubatuba -28.314881, 32.43780128°18’54” S 32°26’16” E
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Giorno 11
More photos - from two days off ship
1 aprile, Sud Africa ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
More pics from last two days. We are charging from Richards Bay to Toliara, Madagascar.
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Viaggiatore Photos are amazing…..
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Viaggiatore Hi roomie.... miss u
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Viaggiatore Yes, great pics
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- 3 apr 2024, 11:46
- 🌬 27 °C
- Altitudine: Livello del mare
- Mozambique Channel -24.94923, 39.93165524°56’57” S 39°55’54” E
Giorno 13
Day 2 at sea enroute to Madagascar
3 aprile, Mozambique Channel ⋅ 🌬 27 °C
We lost an hour w an additional time change traveling northwest across the Indian Ocean. Should be arriving Madagascar tomorrow late morning (see ship location in pic). There are lots of waves and significant wave swells. Moving up/down and side to side all at once. Thankful for patch, wristbands and meclizine saving most. The ropes are bk in place in open areas to supplement handrails.

Attaching some info pics. Lots of presentations throughout the day from Nat Geo naturalists.Leggi altro
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- 4 apr 2024, 08:28
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Altitudine: Livello del mare
- Madagascar Atsimo-Andrefana Region Toliara I District Itsimatsy -23.37834, 43.66382823°22’42” S 43°39’50” E
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Giorno 14
Madagascar
4 aprile, Madagascar ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Yesterday, Thursday the 4th, we arrived in Toliara, Madagascar, after 48 hours of bumpy sailing. The island is the 4th largest island in the world and is hugely impoverished. We climbed in vans and traveled an hour or so to Zombitse National Park to a turtle preserve and a "spiny forest". 99 degrees and humid made for a hot trek for a few miles on sand paths w little shade. Some of our fellow passengers paid a price to see the famous lemurs and Baobab trees.
2 - 3,000 tricycles ferrying people and goods around made our travel interesting for sure. We sailed overnight and are hoping to make a "wet landing" via zodiacs just after lunch at Morandava to see the famous "Avenue of the Baobabs" .Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Is this your transportation?
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Viaggiatore thankfully not
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Viaggiatore Wow!
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- 5 apr 2024, 13:14
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Altitudine: 7 m
- Madagascar Menabe Region Andakabe -20.287598, 44.27753320°17’15” S 44°16’39” E
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Giorno 15
Sea day - Monrondava to Mahajanga
5 aprile, Madagascar ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Sailing toward the northwest most corner of Madagascar for early adventures tomorrow. typically we ride in a van or 15 person bus 60-120 min w no a.c. on bumpy roads in 100 degrees and humidity. The northern part of Madagascar will be more forested and tropical.
yesterday's bumpy ride after reaching shore via zodiac from ship to beach (10 min ride) was to the renowned "Avenue of the Baobabs" - huge unique trees which all are 100's of years old.

A long day driving thru tired and very poor areas. I wish I had more time to photograph the human condition.Leggi altro
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That’s so cool! [Jp]
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Viaggiatore Lots of very cool pics captured
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Viaggiatore Yes to wanting to have more time to photograph the human condition. I love the baobabs!
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Viaggiatore Exploring East Africa
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- 8 apr 2024, 11:22
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitudine: Livello del mare
- Mozambique Channel -12.900704, 43.54763512°54’3” S 43°32’51” E
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Giorno 18
Mahajanga - final stop in Madagascar
8 aprile, Mozambique Channel ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Today we are at sea and playing catch up on photos, sleep and starting to think about return flights etc.
Yesterday, we had a very early departure from the ship to travel inland through Mahajanga to Lake Mangasta, a sacred lake.
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while less than 20 km from the ship, the ride took over an hour across very bumpy, poorly graded, and often single lane roads. again in older vans w no a.c. and 100 degree heat, this is the norm.

Upon arrival, we walked a path through a forest and discovered so many lemurs just overhead. it is debatable to think about who was more curious w the siting - the lemurs seemed equally fascinated w us. we then walked to the lake , eeing beautiful birds and iguanas. bird names to be edited later.

back to the ship via zodiacs for clean up, happy hour, supper and evening recap. today, we are at sea and on our way toward Tanzania and Zanzibar. tomorrow we will visit a world Unesco site. We'd will be Stone Town, Zanzibar and Thursday a quick city tour of Dar es Salaam before heading to the airport for a very long flight(s) home.

What an amazing journey this has been, and not quite done!Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore our ship, the Explorer
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